"Benwei Pian" is the earliest cooking theory work in the history of our country. "Benwei Pian" is the 14th volume of "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". It records the story of Yi Yin talking about soup with "Zhiwei".

Its original meaning is that by appointing talented people and practicing benevolence and righteousness, the world will become emperor and enjoy all the delicious food in the world. However, it preserves the oldest cooking theory in our country and the world, and puts forward a very wide-ranging theory.

The food list describes the delicacies of the world during the Shang Tang period.

It is a very important material for studying the history of ancient cooking in my country.

Tang got Yi Yin, purified it in the temple ①, treated it with [1] fire ②, and provoked it with sacrifice [2] ③.

I'll meet him tomorrow and talk about the soup and its taste.

Tang said: "Is it right?" He said: "The king's country is small and cannot be equipped with it; if he is the emperor, then he can do it. There are three groups of insects ④, those who live in water are smelly, and the meat is smelly ⑤

, those who eat grass have a bad odor, and it all has a reason. The five flavors and three materials ⑥, nine boils and nine changes, the disease is slow down, and the smell is eliminated.

The combination must be sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, and salty, and they all have subtle changes in the cauldron.

The mouth cannot speak, the ambition cannot be expressed. If the shot is weak, the yin and yang are transformed, and the four seasons are numbered.

Reduce ⑾, pungent but not strong, light but not thin, fat but not [Yuehou] ⑿ "Notes ① Pull it out of the temple: A ceremony to remove disasters and evil spirits is held for Yi Yin in the ancestral temple.

Zu, a sacrificial ritual to eliminate disaster and seek blessings.

② 爝义 [1] Fire: 爝, burning reeds to remove bad luck; [1] Fire, putting firewood on tangerines and hanging them up to burn, is also a ritual to eliminate disasters.

③ Provoke to sacrifice [2]: Provoke, kill an animal and apply blood on it; [2], boar.

④ Three groups of insects: three groups, three categories; insects, animals.

⑤ [3]: To pounce, refers to hunting by tigers, wolves, etc.

⑥ The five flavors and three materials: The five flavors refer to sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty; the three materials refer to water, wood, and fire.

⑦ Ji: Temperance.

⑧ Qi: Adjust, mix the seasonings together.

⑨ The number of the four seasons: the changes of the four seasons.

⑩ Ganbutunn: Nun, deep taste, means too sweet.

⑾Salty but not reduced: reduced, tastes bitter.

⑿ Fat but not [Yuehou]: [Yuehou], plump, greasy.

[1]: The word "氵" for "Guan" is replaced with "火" [2]: The word "日" for "Xia" is replaced with "犭" [3]: "犭" + "翵" on the top and "you" on the bottom:

The lips of an orangutan, the burning of badgers ①, [the upper "鹹" and the lower "concave"] the green of [horned swallow] ②, the Shudang [the upper "eyes" and the lower "hands"] ③, the promise of the elephant ④.

To the west of the quicksand and to the south of Danshan Mountain, there is Fengzhiwan ⑤, which is eaten by the people of Wo.

Notes ① Badger Badger Zhizhi: Badger badger bird's paws.

Badger Badger, an ancient name for a bird.

② [The upper part of "鹹" and the lower part of "concave"] [Jiaoyan] Zicui: [the upper part of "鹹" and the lower part of "concave"] [Jiaoyan], regarded as "[the upper part of "鹹" and the lower part of "concave"] Yan", Yan

kind of.

Cui: bird tail meat.

③ Shudangzhi ["Mucha" on the top and "Hand" below]: Shudang is a two-headed beast in ancient legends; [Moucha" on the top and "Hand" below] is the ancient word for "wrist".

④ 旄xiangzhiyue: 愄, 旄牛; 痄, refers to the curved 旄ox tail and elephant trunk.

⑤ Youfengzhiwan: There are phoenix eggs.